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Either tonight or tomorrow is leftovers and the other will be pizza so we can save room in the fridge for all our Thanksgiving Leftovers! Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Last night was supposed to be salisbury steaks, mashed potatoes, and broccoli and cheese. my dh vetoed that. he wanted hotdogs and potato skins (blech). So we had that. Geez -guess what for dinner tonite?
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Last night was sweet and sour individual meatloaves and homemade mashed potatoes. I made alot to freeze.
Tonight is ham'n'beans and cornbread that I froze last week.
Tomorrow night we're going out somewhere because my folks will be in for Turkey Day.
I have to ask for the sweet 'n sour meatloaf recipe -- please .
We sweet 'n sour meatballs. They are one dish my MIL cooked -- FIL was the chef in the family.
Just walked in the door, but not empty handed. I knew I'd be late and couldn't cook so grabbed Olive Garden to go.
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Monday night we went out to a local Italian restaurant. We shared the Italian salad and grilled pork chops.
Tonight we had rolled roast in the crock pot, potatoes, carrots, lima beans and banana nut muffins.
I have to ask for the sweet 'n sour meatloaf recipe -- please .
We sweet 'n sour meatballs. They are one dish my MIL cooked -- FIL was the chef in the family.
I'm pretty sure that I can do this from memory. I may have to correct the recipe when I get home from work.
2 #'s ground round (I used 2.6#'s)
2 TBSP dried minced onion
1/4-1/2 cup crushed saltines (I used the 1/2 cup)
Sauce
8 oz. can tomato sauce
1 tsp. prepared regular mustard
1/4 brown sugar
1/4 cider vinegar
1/2 tsp. or more salt and pepper
Mix the sauce together until sugar is mixed in well. Mix the beef, onion, and saltines and 1/2 of the sauce together. Shape into a loaf or 7-8 mini laoves with a crease down the middle to hold sauce. Baste the loaf or loaves with sauce and bake uncovered at 350 for 45-50 minutes for a loaf and 35 minutes for loaves. Half way thru cooking baste with additional sauce. Puddle some on top.
Hint: I don't like meat loaf to be swimming or sitting in its own fat. I also don't have a meat loaf pan. So I took a pan and lined it with foil. Then I sliced an onion thickly and placed slices in bottom of pan. I set my meat loaves on top. I didn't serve the onions but pitched out the foil, fat, and onions.
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Tonight also for us will be pizza, although I offered to do the cooking and make Chicken, Broccoli & Ziti Alfredo with Garlic Bread and Rolls (maybe this will happen once all the Thanksgiving leftovers are gone). DFIL will be starting the majority of cooking tonight so there isn't much left to do for tomorrow for our Full House. Tomorrow the only thing Im allowed to cook is the box of Turkey Flavored Stovetop Stuffing for DS and I since we're te only ones who don't eat cornbread stuffingwith pickles in it (and my MMom is spending Turkey Day in Texas with my DSis, DBil, and twin Nephews so I won't enjoy her traditional stuffing DSis and I used to help her make every year as kids).
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Tonight we are heading to some friends house for a fun night of eats and cards!
I am taking brownies and mexican dip with chips. I am not sure what else is on the menu! But, I am sure there will be plenty!
Tonight also for us will be pizza, although I offered to do the cooking and make Chicken, Broccoli & Ziti Alfredo with Garlic Bread and Rolls (maybe this will happen once all the Thanksgiving leftovers are gone). DFIL will be starting the majority of cooking tonight so there isn't much left to do for tomorrow for our Full House. Tomorrow the only thing Im allowed to cook is the box of Turkey Flavored Stovetop Stuffing for DS and I since we're te only ones who don't eat cornbread stuffingwith pickles in it (and my MMom is spending Turkey Day in Texas with my DSis, DBil, and twin Nephews so I won't enjoy her traditional stuffing DSis and I used to help her make every year as kids).
Stuffing with pickles?
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Lorie, DH and his fam are very true southerners from Louisiana, and they all are very much used to Cornbread Stuffing with Pickles. I'm very much used to traditional bread stuffing with celery and the ground giblets(my Grandmother's recipe that has been in the family for several gerations). It's ok DH and his fam can enjoy their Cornbread Stuffing with Pickles tomorrow, while DS who has just come to love stuffing, we can share our Turkey Flavored Traditional Stuffing (even if it is Stove Top).
My kids love stove top better than traditional stuffing so i always make it. Our Thanksgiving is in October, so it's gone. Tomorrow night, i am going to a Christmas party where they will serve hors d'oeuvres and desserts. Should be nice.
My kids love stove top better than traditional stuffing so i always make it. Our Thanksgiving is in October, so it's gone. Tomorrow night, i am going to a Christmas party where they will serve hors d'oeuvres and desserts. Should be nice.
Stove Top is my back up when I can't enjoy my Mom's Stuffing. I love my mom's Stuffing though My sister & I used to enjoy tearing apart the pieces of toasted bread and the untoasted bread for the stuffing while we would enjoy the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade every year. We looked foward to that every Thanksgiving and Christmas Day too (with the Disney Christmas Parade). It was a tradition we loved. I feel bad for my in-laws that we do have to have just a little bit of Stove Top Stuffing for me since Thanksgiving doesn't feel the same without stuffing.
We did a few years ago with my dad have a Thanksgiving where my dad only cooked sweet potatoes (my sister and I don't care for them much) and he didn't make mashed potatoes, whipped potatoes(what sis and I also grew up with), or even twice baked potatoes and he did get grief for it. That Thanksgiving didn't feel the same for us either!
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